“Lea, what happened!” said Cecilia Scott. Lea swallowed.“He was sentenced, Mom,” said Lea. Cecilia could see from her daughter’s look that t...e news was not hopeful. She nodded.Cecilia looked over at Anna who was carrying two purses and shaking her head.“He got ten to twenty-five years, Mom. I don’t know how I’m going to cope,” said Lea. “Those were bad men Mom, very bad men.” Cecilia nodded.“I know,” she said. What she didn’t say was that her daughter had brought this whole thing down on. "Cynthia is a specialist in her field. She works with people to break them of their habits like smoking, through hypnotherapy." Oh, she a hypnotist!" I said, but seemed to upset her."I do not do cheap parlor tricks young man. I am a licensed therapist, who uses an old technique to achieve results. You may scoff at me now, but once you see the results, you will be delighted." And what is she going to do to me?" I asked Jen."Well, you want to be a girl, but you have this aversion inside you. An. ” Angus grunted, going back to digging around is his fried rice.“Sure.” Sam agreed, biting into a spring roll. “Sorry Brandon. Like Tegan said, we’re just happy for ya.”“Thanks.” Brandon sighed after a brief silence. “For the record, we had the boyfriend-girlfriend talk. So that’s official now.”“Congrats!” Tegan saluted with a half glass of cola and Sam clinked his glass with hers.“Cheers to that!” ----- After dinner once the leftovers were bundled into the fridge and the dishes were done Tegan. He began to pace about the room as he spoke. "The man must be mad. No one has ever done such a thing. What would be left of a man after such self-destruction?" Skeeter sat in respectful silence as the ancient wizard walked about his cell, muttering to himself in a language she did not understand."What's going on?" asked Harry, growing impatient."Sorry, Harry," said Skeeter. "I didn't expect that the interview would be conducted in a language other than English. I know it must be a bit boring.